Almost perfect
The Kona is a third car for me. I wanted a small utility vehicle for moving things around and mounting a bike rack on. In all honesty, i am not a fan of SUVs and was unimpressed by some of the competitors...heavy, dull handling and abysmal gas mileage even on the highway. The Kona handles like a car, routinely gets 30+ mpg on the highway and doesn't look like every other small SUV. The engine is a bit anemic for passing, but I knew that would be the tradeoff for better mpg.
Hyunday, if you want the 5th star, offer a manual transmission. Both my other cars have "sticks" but trying to find an SUV with a manual is like trying to find the map to the Lost Dutchman Mine. Oh well.
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